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How do you actually pick your numbers?Reply
Population of US over 18. There are approximately 267 million adults (age 18 and over) in the United States. This adult demographic represents roughly 78-78.5% of the total U.S. population, which is estimated to be 342.6 million Mega Million odds 1 in 290,472,336 Power Ball odds 1 in 292,201,338 If every adult in the US bought one ticket with no exact duplicates there would still be 23.4 and 25.2 million tickets unsold. Good Luck!!!
Jun 27, 2026, 8:20 pm - grwurston - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
Raffles are the one lottery format where the odds are fully knowable up front fixed ticket pool, fixed prizes, no randomness in the denominator once sales cap. Kind of refreshing after the draw games where you're staring down 1-in-300-million. Does FL cap the ticket count this time, or is it open-ended?
Jun 22, 2026, 9:57 am - NumberCruncher2 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
467M and still climbing. These rollovers run forever since they stretched the odds a few years back doesn't change a single ticket's chances but it sure keeps the headline numbers fat. You grabbing one for Tuesday's draw, or sitting this run out?
Jun 21, 2026, 9:53 pm - NumberCruncher2 - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
36,000 to 40,000 to 1 odds to win a million bucks aint too bad. Lottery players wont see that very often. G5
Jun 19, 2026, 2:09 pm - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Florida Millionaire Raffle is back!Reply
It'll pick up in the last week or so. The few days prior to the past drawings, the pace picked up to 5000+ per day. Which still isn't a ton, but it's more than 2000. I imagine that it'll pick up more than that ahead of the final drawing for the big bucks. I think we'll be at around 400,000 sold, unless the last pop ends up being significant. I've been calculating my personal odds with a final figure of 450k, to be safe.
Jun 12, 2026, 8:25 pm - winterbird - Lottery Discussion Forum

One a day POWERBALL 6/06/26Reply
The drawing is happening right now! Fingers crossed, guys. Let's hope tonight is the night we finally beat the odds and take this jackpot home!
Jun 5, 2026, 11:03 pm - DataStats99 - Jackpot Games Forum

is it luckier to buy tickets on the rich side of town?Reply
No, the neighborhood doesn't matter. What does matter though is that wealthier people can afford to cut their odds by buying multiple tickets per draw.
Jun 3, 2026, 10:41 pm - winterbird - Lottery Discussion Forum

Texas LottoReply
Spot on. The raw odds don't lie. Most people just burn money chasing individual picks blindly. That's why backtesting past densities and filtering out statistically trash combinations is the only way to play smart, even if it's just to minimize the damage lol.
May 28, 2026, 12:38 am - DataStats99 - Jackpot Games Forum

Virginia: 5/1 - 5/31/2026Reply
Like I said, I don't play all of them. Only what I feel... And I don't play every day or (draw) but thanks for the info. It only means I still have work to do to better my odds
May 9, 2026, 6:26 am - DYELLOMAN - Pick 3 Forum

Rising Gas Prices and the LotteryReply
Nehhhh....I have a coworker that's habitually late since 2022 and that takes care of any normal weekly purchases .....The only thing that affects my lottery play is the cost of rising lottery prices and games with foolish odds. One or the other or both would be the culprit for non participation.
May 8, 2026, 11:02 am - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum